The High Llamas in Chicago - The Lounge Ax, November 15, 1997 / The Rainbo Club, November 16, 1997 /…

The High Llamas in Chicago - The Lounge Ax, November 15, 1997 / The Rainbo Club, November 16, 1997 / Metro, April 3, 1998The High Llamas just announced an enticing 2027 gig in Dublin. The details: “Hawaii is a wide-screen epic, stretching through realms of classic pop and jazz, soundtrack music, exotica and neo-Americana, while charting a journey through musical landscapes of abiding lightness. For this one-off show, an expanded The High Llamas are joined by strings and brass to perform their critically acclaimed and much-loved masterpiece.”A one-off, alas! In a just world, the band would be touring the world with Hawaii, being received at every turn by rapturous audiences. But the world is not just, we can all agree on that. So! We’ll have to make do with three recently uploaded Llamas live tapes from back in the 1990s, somewhere in between Hawaii and Cold and Bouncy. More gems from the Aadam Jacobs Archive, which has been blowing minds on a weekly basis. The first two shows —…